Ballistics

the police station for questioning. Salinas was not under arrest or read his Miranda rights during this time. Salinas answered all questions except one on the shotgun shells at the crime scene matching his gun. Salinas became quiet. Eventually, a ballistics analyst matched Salinas’ gun with the shells from the scene. However, Salinas went on the run and was not recaptured for another 15 years. At his trial the prosecution attempted to introduce Salinas’ silence as evidence. Salinas objected on…

“Howl” by Allen Ginsberg: Holy! Holy! Holy! Once in a great while, a poem comes along, that has so many hidden meanings you get lost in the spaces. There are an abundant amount of ways to interpret Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl.” To me, “Howl” depicts the five stages of loss and grief in an attempt to deal with Ginsberg’s emotional fallout from the loss of his friends. In 1969, Elizabeth Kubler Ross and David Kessler defined the five stages of loss and grief as 1.) Denial, 2.) Anger, 3.) Bargaining, 4)…

The game "Metal Gear Solid 3", a prequel in the Metal Gear franchise, is set in a time of fear and uncertainty in the face of a potentially devastating future. A time when the American people feared destruction everyday from a threat that they could not see. This was the reality of the Cold War, a war that was fought with information and espionage. Other war games of the time were based in famous battles and bloodshed, but "Metal Gear Solid 3" based itself in an unseen war, using its darkness to…

The report was regarded as being extremely valuable, and over the years the document became a cause of tension between Goldstine and von Neumann against Eckert and Mauchly. Eckert fought for the patent rights concerning EDVAC. He and Mauchly claimed that von Neumann "had merely summarized the group’s discussions and that they, Eckert and Mauchly, deserved the full credit for discovery of the fundamental ideas.” The situation escalated to its climax in the Honeywell v. Sperry Rand when Mauchly…

You’re crying. You’re weeping, sobbing, and crying into your mother’s chest. You are tiny and helpless, and weigh only six pounds. You hear screams of anger and frustration banging on your door. Your mother looks into your eyes. You trust her. You trust her with your life. You must. You have no choice but to trust her. As she looks into your eyes, a hacksaw looks into your neck. The hacksaw is led by your mother’s hand. You see color. You see red. You see gray. You see black. Nothing more. This…

deemed innocent. They get yelled at continuously until they just break down, “admit” their diabolism, and accuse others as well. For instance, when Abigail accuses Mary Warren of summoning a cold wind and sending her spirit on her, the jury goes ballistic on her. Persuaded by Abigail’s pleads, Danforth continuously screams in Mary’s ear, “It seems you afflict others; where did you find this power?...You have seen the Devil, have you not?...You have seen the Devil, you have made compact with…

Guard ADA units operate long-range ground-based interceptors in the event of any possible air or terrorist attack against the United States. The system of air defense and missile ADA is currently integrated into a network of defense forces known as Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). The BMD system is being used as a measure of internationally integration of air and missile defense forces from allied and friendly nations. Air Defense Artillery continues to demonstrate that they are prepared in the…

¬¬¬Akhil Kemburu Short Essay #3, 4/11, Section D The Role Situation and Intention Had on the Usage of Atomic Bombs During the mid-1990s, there was a major breakthrough in the field of nuclear weapons. After being warned by Albert Einstein about Germany’s intention to use a nuclear chain reaction to construct a bomb, Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted the Manhattan project to a design similar weapon. The United States was able to construct the first atomic bomb under the Truman administration, and…

The tragedy of the Apollo 1 fire is the biggest counterpoint to one the United States’ most awesome achievements, the Apollo program. This program’s roots extend back into the 1800’s but truly became possible with the beginning of the Space Race. After the race for the Moon began with President Kennedy’s historic speech, America began heading for both victory and tragedy in the rush to be first to the Moon. In the sprint of the Apollo program, NASA overlooked the technical risks of the command…

President to visit China. Nixon then visited the Soviet Union and met with Russian president Leonid Brezhnev in May 1972. The two signed the first Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty (SALT1), which placed limitations on the production and deployment of ballistic…